Background

This digital library hosts books that are being banned or challenged by Republicans, Conservatives, and Christian Nationalists who are actively trying to ban information. People who normally say they are for "free speech" are against people having access to both historical and modern information about a broad range of topics. From LGBTQA+ rights and books about being queer, to the violent history of slavery, Jim Crow, and Black history in general. Trying to ban books that talk about the Japanese internment camps during WWII, or graphic novels about the holocaust. This is a direct attempt to block access to real and accessible information.

Information wants to be free, and no person should be denied access to books simply because someone doesn't agree with them. We should allow people to live their lives and be able to read about topics that might resonate with them. We can't ignore history or lie about it. We can't deny the humanity of people by invalidating who they love, or how they identify. We can't allow states, governments, and corporations to lie to people, feeding them misinformation for political gain. And so - in a small way, with a server in hand, or a website, or a blog, or a tweet, someone has decided to share the books that some think should be banned.

Table-of-Contents

1. Accessing the books
2. Book List
3. Replication

Accessing-Books

This site only includes links to banned books, this account and the people that share this info are not responsible for hosting the books or maintaining the sites that do. Want them taken down? (First off - fuck you.) And secondly, take it up with the site owners.

Book List

These are some of the most challenged/banned books according to the ALA. Click on the title to download the book.

1. Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
2. Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
3. All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
4. Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
5. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
7. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
8. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
9. This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
10. Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
11. George by Alex Gino
12. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
13. All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
14. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
15. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
16. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
17. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
18. A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss, illustrated by EG Keller
19. I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings, illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas
20. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
21. Drama written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier
22. And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson illustrated by Henry Cole

Florida State Specific Lists

Florida is leading the charge in banning books. At the moment most school libraries are empty as the state has come in and removed large sections of books. The govenor of Florida, Ron DeSantis signed into law the "Stop Woke Act", which prohibits in-school discussions about racism, oppression, LBGTQ+ issues and economic inequity. This is a testing ground for more bills and for more laws to be passed. Republican city and state governments have been passing their own bills and laws to attempt to censor schools and public libraries but these efforts have been localized in specific areas.However, if republicans gain control of the government in the next national election, we can expect to see these books possibly banned from all schools and public libraries.

Florida state Ban List - Thanks to PEN America

This is an incomplete list of the top most banned books in the state of Florida. This list is incomplete because some of these books are not available at the moment. This was updated Feburary of 2023. Sourec: https://pen.org/banned-books-florida/

1. The Haters by Jesse Andrews
2. Damsel by Elana K. Arnold
3. Infandous by Elana K. Arnold
4. Red Hood by Elana K. Arnold
5. What Girls Are Made Of by Elana K. Arnold
6. Forever… by Judy Blume
7. Before She Was Harriet, by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome
8. Chik Chak Shabbat, by Mara Rockliff and Kyrsten Brooker
9. Dreamers, by Yuyi Morales
10. Islandborn, by Junot Díaz and Leo Espinosa
11. One Green Apple, by Eve Bunting and Ted Lewin
12. Sulwe, by Lupita Nyong’o and Vashti Harrison
13. Zen Shorts (Zen Series), by Jon J. Muth
14. 10,000 Dresses, by Rex Ray and Marcus Ewert
15. All Around Us, by Xelena Gonzalez
16. Amina’s Voice(Amina’s Voice Series), by Hena Kahn
17. The Berenstain Bears and the Big Question (The Berenstain Bears Series) by Jan and Stan Berenstain
18. The Best Man, by Richard Peck
19. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky, by Chief Seattle and Susan Jeffers
20. Carter Reads the Newspaper, by Deborah Hopkinson and Don Tate
21. The Color of My Words, by Lynn Joseph
22. Dash (Dogs of World War II Series), by Kirby Larson
23. A Day’s Work, by Eve Bunting
24. A Dog Named Haku: A Holiday Story from Nepal, by Margarita Engle, Amish Karanjit, Nicole Karanjit, and Ruth Jeyaveeran
25. The Double Life of Pocahontas, by Jean Fritz
26. Extra Credit, by Andrew Clements
27. A Family Is a Family Is a Family, by Sara O’Leary and Qin Leng
28. Fatty Legs: A True Story, by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and Liz Amini-Holmes
29. Flying the Dragon, by Natalie Dias Lorenzi
30. Gaby, Lost and Found, by Angela Cervantes
31. The Garden of My Imaan, by Farhana Zia
32. The Gold-Threaded Dress, by Carolyn Marsden
33. Gracefully Grayson, by Ami Polonsky
34. Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog, by Pamela S. Turner and Yan Nascimbene
35. A Handful of Stars, by Cynthia Lord
36. The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship between a Boy and a Baseball Legend, by Sharon Robinson
37. Hiawatha and the Peacemaker, by Robbie Robertson, and David Shannon
38. Indian No More, by Charlene Willing McManis, and Traci Sorell
39. It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel, by Firoozeh Dumas
40. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World, by Ashley Herring Blake
41. Jasmine Toguchi, Flamingo Keeper (Jasmine Toguchi Series), by Debbi Michiko Florence, and Elizabet Vukovic
42. A Little Piece of Ground, by Elizabeth Laird, Sonia Nimr and Bill Neal
43. A Long Pitch Home, by Natalie Dias Lorenzihttps://annas-archive.org/md5/590d54e5f5bbf2c499721edcc8a998a1
44. Lost Boys, by Darcey Rosenblatt
45. Lucky Broken Girl, by Ruth Behar
46. Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel (Dyamonde Daniel Series), by Nikki Grimes, and R. Gregory Christie
47. The Mighty Miss Malone, by Christopher Paul Curtis
48. The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher (Family Fletcher Series), by Dana Alison Levy
49. The Moon Within, by Aida Salazar
50. Most Valuable Players (Rip and Red Series), by Phil Bildner and Tim Probert
51. he Mud Pony, by Caron Lee Cohen
52. My Name Is María Isabel, by Alma Flor Ada, Kathryn Dyble Thompson and Ana M. Cerro
53. My Name Is Sally Little Song, by Brenda Woods
54. The Name Jar, by Yangsook Choi
55. The Night Diary, by Veera Hiranandani
56. Niño Wrestles the World
57. Other Words for Home, by Jasmine Warga
58. Pink Is for Boys, by Robb Pearlman and Eda Kaban
59. The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes, by Duncan Tonatiuh
60. Proud: Living My American Dream (Young Readers Edition), by Ibtihaj Muhammad
61. Sadako, by Eleanor Coerr and Ed Young
62. Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War, by Duncan Tonatiuh
63. The Sound of Silence, by Katrina Goldsaito and Julia Kuo
64. Starry River of the Sky, by Grace Lin
65. Stella Brings the Family, by Miriam B. Schiffer and Holly Clifton-Brown
66. The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Street, by Gayle E. Pitman
67. The List of Things That Will Not Change, by Rebecca Stead
68. To Night Owl from Dogfish, by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer
69. The Turtle of Oman (The Turtle of Oman Series), by Naomi Shihab Nye and Betsy Peterschmidt
70. Two Roads, Joseph Bruchac
71. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
72. We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga Traci Sorell and Frane Lessac
73. Winter Candle Frame, by Ashford Jeron and Stacey Schuett

Replication

This type of site can be replicated and modified. Want to make a new library to include links to specific things like trans rights and trans resources? Fork this library and add links to it. Want to include more links to specific information about social justice, Black history, and radical politics? Fork this repo and create one. This will make sure that information is being spread as much as possible, that this is distributed and decentralized. Make a copy in case this repo/site is taken down, fork this to do your own thing or to keep things updated. When forks are created, they can be merged with this site, so if you do create a new library list of resources of your own and it's good, it might be added into this one.

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